The 2003–04 NLA season was the 66th regular season of the Nationalliga A, the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland.
Regular season
Final standings
Team GP W L T GF GA Pts 1. HC Lugano 48 35 9 4 196 127 74 2. SC Bern 48 31 12 5 176 113 67 3. Genève-Servette HC 48 26 16 6 148 123 58 4. HC Davos 48 24 17 7 166 132 55 5. ZSC Lions 48 25 19 4 140 121 54 6. HC Ambri-Piotta 48 22 20 6 153 141 50 7. EV Zug 48 21 22 5 117 147 47 8. HC Fribourg-Gottéron 48 22 23 3 152 135 47 9. Kloten Flyers 48 22 23 3 151 131 47 10. SC Rapperswil-Jona 48 16 27 5 136 163 37 11. HC Lausanne 48 15 30 3 116 171 33 12. SCL Tigers 48 13 29 6 119 175 32 13. EHC Basel 48 9 34 5 116 207 23
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Ville Peltonen HC Lugano 48 28 44 72 16 Mike Maneluk HC Lugano 48 30 41 71 85 Jean-Guy Trudel HC Ambri-Piotta 47 30 38 68 66 Mikael Karlberg HC Fribourg-Gottéron 48 18 48 66 30 Hnat Domenichelli HC Ambri-Piotta 42 27 32 59 84 Petteri Nummelin HC Lugano 48 20 39 59 59 Oleg Petrov Genève-Servette HC 48 24 32 56 97 Andre Bashkirov HC Lausanne 48 24 31 55 10 Jukka Hentunen HC Fribourg-Gottéron 47 25 28 53 22 Jan Alston ZSC Lions 45 22 31 53 36
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
HC Lugano (1) vs. Fribourg-Gottéron (8) Away Home Fribourg-Gottéron 2 7 HC Lugano HC Lugano 4 2 Fribourg-Gottéron Fribourg-Gottéron 1 2 HC Lugano HC Lugano 6 3 Fribourg-Gottéron HC Lugano wins series 4–0 SC Bern (2) vs. EV Zug (7) Away Home EV Zug 1 4 SC Bern SC Bern 2 5 EV Zug EV Zug 2 5 SC Bern SC Bern 2 1 EV Zug EV Zug 2 5 SC Bern SC Bern wins series 4–1 Genève-Servette HC (3) vs. HC Ambri-Piotta (6) Away Home HC Ambri-Piotta 2 4 Genève-Servette HC Genève-Servette HC 2 1 HC Ambri-Piotta HC Ambri-Piotta 3 1 Genève-Servette HC Genève-Servette HC 2 4 HC Ambri-Piotta HC Ambri-Piotta 1 4 Genève-Servette HC Genève-Servette HC 2 3 HC Ambri-Piotta HC Ambri-Piotta 0 2 Genève-Servette HC Genève-Servette HC wins series 4–3 HC Davos (4) vs. ZSC Lions (5) Away Home ZSC Lions 3 1 HC Davos HC Davos 1 0 ZSC Lions ZSC Lions 2 3 HC Davos HC Davos 3 4 ZSC Lions ZSC Lions 2 0 HC Davos HC Davos 1 2 ZSC Lions ZSC Lions wins series 4–2
Semifinals
HC Lugano vs. ZSC Lions Away Home ZSC Lions 1 5 HC Lugano HC Lugano 2 5 ZSC Lions ZSC Lions 3 2 HC Lugano HC Lugano 1 2 ZSC Lions ZSC Lions 0 4 HC Lugano HC Lugano 4 3 ZSC Lions ZSC Lions 2 4 HC Lugano HC Lugano wins series 4–3 SC Bern vs. Genève-Servette HC Away Home Genève-Servette HC 2 4 SC Bern SC Bern 4 1 Genève-Servette HC Genève-Servette HC 3 5 SC Bern SC Bern 1 3 Genève-Servette HC Genève-Servette HC 1 2 SC Bern SC Bern wins series 4–1
Finals HC Lugano vs. SC Bern Away Home SC Bern 3 1 HC Lugano HC Lugano 1 2 SC Bern SC Bern 1 5 HC Lugano HC Lugano 4 3 SC Bern SC Bern 4 3 HC Lugano OT SC Bern wins series 3–2
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Petteri Nummelin HC Lugano 16 7 20 27 4 Christian Dubé SC Bern 15 3 16 19 8 Mike Maneluk HC Lugano 13 10 6 16 70 Ivo Rüthemann SC Bern 15 5 10 15 4 Sébastien Bordeleau SC Bern 14 10 4 14 14 Ville Peltonen HC Lugano 16 4 10 14 8 Yves Sarault SC Bern 15 6 7 13 36 Adrian Wichser HC Lugano 16 6 7 13 2 Flavien Conne HC Lugano 16 8 4 12 12 Ryan Gardner HC Lugano 16 5 7 12 12
Playout round Teams ranked from 9 - 13 after regular season, played 2 games against each other.
Final standings Team GP W L T GF GA Pts 9. Kloten Flyers 56 25 28 3 187 164 53 10. SC Rapperswil-Jona 56 20 31 5 158 182 45 11. SCL Tigers 56 19 31 6 153 204 44 12. HC Lausanne 56 17 36 3 132 195 37 13. EHC Basel 56 14 37 5 138 232 33
EHC Basel is relegated to Nationalliga B.
League qualification
EHC Biel vs. HC Lausanne Away Home HC Lausanne 3 2 EHC Biel OT EHC Biel 1 5 HC Lausanne HC Lausanne 4 3 EHC Biel EHC Biel 1 5 HC Lausanne HC Lausanne wins series 4–0
HC Lausanne stays in Nationalliga A.
References sehv.ch hockeystats.ch
Results from LNA Regular Season 2003-2004
Playout 2003-2004 LNA/LNB promotion/relegation
External links hockeyfans.ch eishockeyforum.ch spoor.ch